CJBC622 Heterocosmica for Bohemists

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Doležel, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Tue 15:50–17:25 pracovna, Thu 15:50–17:25 pracovna
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the elementary terminology of the theory of fiction based on the notion of possible worlds. Once having become familiar with the terminology the students should be able to use gained notions and strategies to use in an analysis of selected works of Czech modern and postmodern narrative fiction. As much as the theoretical part is presented to the students in a synchronic way when applied it can bring a new view of the history of Czech prose based on the fictional-world view.
Syllabus
  • In the core of the theoretical attention will especially be: the philosophical background of possible-worlds semantics; fictional worlds as possible worlds and their essential properties; narrative modes and fictional existence; natural, supernatural, mythological and hybrid worlds and their metamorphosis; axiological and epistemological quest, fiction with mystery; metafiction; postmodern heterogenic texts and worlds; collage; fiction and history, trans-world identity and counterparts, historic novel and counterfactual historical fiction. All the above mentioned concept will be analysed in connection with the literary works of Czech witers such as Karel Čapek, Franz Kafka, Marie Pujmanová, Václav Řezáč, Egon Hostovský, Jan Čep, Milan Kundera, Miloš (Josef) Urban, Michal Ajvaz, Jáchym Topol, Petr Koťátko, Daniela Hodrová. Čapek, Karel. 1941. Devatero pohádek a ještě jedna jako přívažek od Josefa Čapka. Praha: Borový (Spisy bratří Čapků, sv. 29). ---. 1941a. Boží muka. Praha: Borový (Spisy bratří Čapků, sv. 3). Hodrová, Daniela. 1991. Podobojí. Ústí nad Labem: Severočeské nakladatelství. Hostovský, Egon. 1947. Cizinec hledá byt. Praha: Akropolis 2002 (Spisy Egona Hostovského, sv. 6). ---. 1957. Dobročinný večírek. Praha: Akropolis 2002 (Spisy Egona Hostovského, sv. 6). Kafka, Franz. 1964. Povídky. Přel. Vladimír Kafka. Praha: SNKLU. Koťátko. Petr. 1999. Úvod do zoologie. Brno: Petrov. Kundera, Milan. 1990. Nesmrtelnost. Praha: Atlantis. Langer, František. Pražské legendy. In Spisy Františka Langera, sv. 5. Praha; Akropolis. Michal, Karel. 1961. Bubáci pro všední den. Praha: Československý spisovatel. Pecka, Karel. 1993. Štěpení. Divné podobnosti. Brno: Atlantis (1. vyd., Toronto: 68 Publishers, 1974). Řezáč, Václav. 2004. Rozhraní. Praha: Lidové noviny (Česká knižnice) (1. vyd. 1944). Topol, Jáchym. 2000. Nemůžu se zastavit (rozhovor s Tomášem Weissem). Praha: Portál. 2005. Kloktat dehet. Praha: Torst. Třeštík, Dušan. 1999. Mysliti dějiny. Praha: Paseka. Urban, Miloš (Josef). 1998. Poslední tečka za rukopisy; nová literatura faktu). Praha: Argo.
Literature
    required literature
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Heterocosmica. Fikce a možné světy (Heterocosmica. Fiction and Possible Worlds). Vydání české první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2003, 311 pp. ISBN 80-246-0735-2. info
    not specified
  • FOŘT, Bohumil. Úvod do sémantiky fikčních světů. (Introduction to Semantics of Fictional Worlds.). 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2005, 148 pp. Teoretická knihovna. ISBN 80-7294-165-8. info
Teaching methods
lecture-seminar
Assessment methods
In order to obtain the credits the students must attend the seminar, present their seminars topics at the seminar and also submit an essay on a assigned topic at the end of the course. The topics of the final essays will be disscused with the teacher during the course. The only precondition for a successful pass of the course is the students’s knowledge of the Czech version of Heterocosmica: Fiction and Possible Worlds (Karolinum 2003).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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